The last time I saw

[learnteach]

Halima (lynn Meyer) was at Rusty and Sarah's California reception. The last time I saw Siobhan (Leigh Ann Hussey) was at the same reception.

NO ONE ELSE, OK?

I wouldn't have seen them if we hadn't had the reception. It was good to see Siobhan, been a while.



I'm honestly pretty sure we didn't actually complete the Iron Butt 1000 by the rules. She was. But it was an epic journey, as was riding out to the Susan G. Komen pony express run in the Midwest on our bikes. As was the run we planned, then rain cancelled. She got me into motorcycling by trading Elghaz for two weeks of yard work--the motorcycle parking space I put at the front of her house is still there, last I dropped by and looked. She was in my vanity band "Paying for your sins" which she preferred to be "Pain for your Sins".

Once I told her that as a musician, she danced like a white girl. A year later we danced, and she had taken Tai Chi. I told her she danced like a warrior that day. Leigh Ann insisted I join the American Motorcycle Association, and fight for my rights.

There's a lot more stories--tons--ranging at my awe concerning the front area by the stairs of her house, to her motorcycling, to talking about motivation, to many other things. More later.

Comments

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

...I hadn't made that connection. Yeah. Ditto.

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

Yet another reason to be sorry I missed the reception, but after being slammed with both asthma and bronchitis, there was no way I could go.

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

I was thinking this morning about the fact that I lost another friend on March 15 this year. You have to have been in the SCA in the early 1980's to remember David of Staffa.

[sundance3moons.livejournal.com]

I remember David. I did not know him well, but I remember his smile.

[light-hands.livejournal.com]

I heard from my cousin this morning. She and Siobhan were very close (as you know, they were cousins).

I had already heard that she was gone (news travels SO fast), so she didn't have to speak it. I am sad.

This was such a talented lady, and while I did not know her personally, I feel the loss of her in this world. Sigh.

[channel6.livejournal.com]

THis is sad news indeed. I had only just become aware of Leigh Ann recently and was thinking how much I would like to get to know her better. She was one of those people on my list of "SCA Get-To-Knows."

I'm glad I got to know Halima this past year. What a loss--two of our ladies in a month. Just makes you realize you CAN'T take the people in your life for granted--ever.

And a little scary, given that I am about to take up the motorcycle myself.

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

Duncan's response this morning was "OK, that's it. No more adults in my life are allowed to die until I'm 25."

As you know, we're both still shaky over Pete -- we were at his funeral this weeked, and his death still feels unreal.

I still haven't been able to do anything much you could consider normal....